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Explain the following statement with reasons.
Major Dhyan Chand is known as the 'Wizard of Hockey'.
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Solution
- Major Dhyan Chand, an expert player of hockey was also the captain of the Indian hockey team.
- Indian Hockey team won a Gold Medal in 1936 at Berlin Olympics under his captaincy.
- He was also part of the previous Indian hockey teams in 1928 and 1932, which played at the Olympics and won Gold medals.
- In the 1932 Olympics, he scored 25 goals against America and Japan.
- 29th August, the birth date of Dhyan Chand is celebrated as the National Sports Day in India.
- Therefore, Major Dhyan Chand is known as the 'Wizard of Hockey'. He was honoured with a ‘Padmabhushan’ in 1956.
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